OCTOBER 2013 2 BLUE LINE MAGAZINE October 2013 Volume 25 Number 8 6 Features 6 A tale of two deputies From reserves to executives – a 35 year trek through the ranks 10 A shared response Vancouver Police leverage best practices with interoperable capabilities 12 Excellence in giving evidence Tips for new police officers 16 Renewal from a community base 10 Afghanistan policing strives for a better future based on global norms Departments 38 Back of Book – There is nothing as satisfying as a good firing 38 BlueLinks Advertisers Directory 28 Book Review – The Notorious Bacon Brothers 22 Deep Blue – It’s all a matter of positioning 29, 33 Dispatches 33 Education Directory 26 Holding the Line – Tired of being tired 37 MarketPlace 5 Publisher’s Commentary – A call for a little revenge 16 21 Science Beat – Interviewing intoxicated witnesses 30 Technology – Security tools and technology in Afghanistan Case Law 34 Officer’s non-communicated intentions irrelevant 36 Odour and observation justify arrest BLUE LINE MAGAZINE 3 OCTOBER 2013 OCTOBER 2013 4 BLUE LINE MAGAZINE PUBLISHER’S COMMENTARY Blue Line by Morley Lymburner Magazine Inc. PUBLISHER Morley S. Lymburner – [email protected] A call for a little revenge GENERAL MANAGER Mary K. Lymburner – [email protected] He was perhaps 19 or 20 become so wrapped up in rehabilitation that SENIOR EDITOR years old. His youthful unwrin- deterrence is no longer viewed as an effective Mark Reesor – [email protected] kled face betrayed an attempt to principle. The word “punishment” elicits hor- look hardened and contemptu- ror but both deterrence and punishment, also NEWS EDITOR ous. A police officer proudly described as societal revenge, loom as large Kathryn Lymburner – [email protected] standing beside him told me how factors that work in favour of rehabilitation and CREATIVE DIRECTOR he apprehended the young man should not be forgotten. E. Jolene Dreja – [email protected] carrying a stereo out the broken Revenge is well known and understood in back door of a residence. the criminal realm. It is the self imposed fear of MARKETING MANAGER I was new to the detective “do unto me and I will do more back unto thee” April Lensen – [email protected] office and somewhat green in which keeps many people more civil than they CONTRIBUTING WRITERS the-day-to-day mysteries of interviewing tech- would otherwise be. Dave Brown Robert Lunney niques. The specialty field of detective carried I’m not saying deterrence and revenge is Nancy Colagiacomo Mike Novakowski with it a great deal of charisma, mystique and completely missing in Canadian society. The Stephanie Conn Tony Palermo status and newbies were expected to appreciate problem is it has been increasingly foisted on Dorothy Cotton Tom Rataj this. Although I had many years on the force, the shoulders of police so the judicial system Mark Giles Brent Snook detective methodologies were closely guarded can look squeaky clean by dealing solely in by those in the know and only the eager were rehabilitation. It doesn’t have to sully its hands AFFILIATIONS allowed a glimpse. with such things when police are willing to International Association of Law Enforcement Planners So here I was in my brand new suit, my handle the dirty work. Canadian Advertising Rates Data partner gone, staring at a uniform that thought I This attitude is not limited to the judiciary International Police Association should know what I was doing and a young thief but also reflected in such places as mental health who wondered what was going to happen next. and welfare issues. Police extra judicial exertions The Canadian Press Newswire The officer told me the two accomplices running keep the lid on so they can turn a blind eye to Access Copyright away drew his attention to the rear of the house, cause and effect. where he captured the slowest and most heavily Law makers take note. 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They have placed P: 905-640-3048 F: 905-640-7547 [email protected] a lawyer. I shoved a phone in his direction and themselves outside the realm of societal peers promised to get him a list of lawyer’s numbers and must be judged by the state. but added that in the mean time, I wanted to • Give deterrence a higher priority than rehabili- PRINTED IN CANADA read him something. I pulled out the Criminal tation. The former should be the driving force Code and pointed to the section on breaking toward the latter. and entering. I’ll be back in a minute, I said, but • Communities of no escape (the true north strong ISSN# 08478538 thought you might be interested in reading about and not-so-free), with natural life sentences for the penalties for your offence. recidivist criminals. Minimal guards required Blue Line Magazine was established in 1988 as an independent publication to inform, entertain, connect and educate those involved His face was pale and eyes very round when and remote locations would make most escapes in the law enforcement profession. With no direct control from an I returned with the number list. “Life in prison... recovery operations and repeated attempts enforcement agency, its opinions do not necessarily reflect those of any government or law enforcement agency. you gotta be kiddin me... life in prison for steal- highly unlikely. ing a stereo?” • Permit victims to be the parole board in some The authors, advisors, and publisher accept no liability whatsoever for any injuries to person(s) or property resulting from application “Hey, a man’s home is his castle,” I replied. cases. Perpetrators must curry their favour (or or adoption of anything presented in this magazine. Readers are “You just broke into someone’s castle and that of their families) to be released. cautioned and advised that articles presented herein are edited and supplied for your personal awareness and should not be used for breached their feelings of security. How do you Let’s bring back penalties that crooks will further action until appropriate guidance is received from a supervi- think the law makers should look at this kind clearly understand and at least pause to consider. sor, Crown Attorney or other persons in authority. of stuff?” All material submitted for publication becomes property of Blue The ensuing negotiations included a frank Line Magazine Inc. unless arrangements have been made with the publisher prior to publication. discussion about other burgled houses and the © 2013 All articles are protected by copyright. No part of this names of his two accomplices, punctuated by publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or means, resolutions of how he wasn’t going to take the fall electronic or mechanical, (including photocopying and recording or by any information storage or retrieval system), without prior permis- just because they could run faster than he could. sion. Permission to reprint may be obtained in advance from Access A sense of deterrence and even revenge is Copyright 1-800-893-5777. missing from today’s judicial system. We have BLUE LINE MAGAZINE 5 OCTOBER 2013 A TALE OF twO dEPutiES by officers, who he remembers as fearless. That to sudden and impaired driving deaths. He and From reserves to first shift didn’t scare Beaudoin off – it only re- his partner officer would see up to 30 calls some affirmed his desire to be a police officer. For the nights. executives – a 35 next ten months he managed 20 hours a month of There was no formal training for reserve con- volunteer time while holding down a full-time job stables back then. Learning was mostly done in the year trek through and attending school part-time. cruiser’s passenger seat. “We were expected to be Today, as the DPD celebrates 125 years of a back up member to the constable we were riding the ranks policing this mix of urban and rural communities, with,” Beaudoin said. He recalls hand writing the the reserve constable program is a success story radio ‘10 codes’ in the cruiser and memorizing worth telling. Beaudoin, now one of two DPD them for his next shift. by Nikki Hewitt deputy chiefs, recounts stories of the late 1970s It was a time before most of today’s modern and of the program that gave him his start. police conveniences. There were no cell phones, in It was Halloween night, 1978 but it might as “I didn’t like bullies. I liked people who car computers or spike belts. Officers wrote notes well have been the Wild West for a young Lyle wanted to help the underdog and I wanted to by hand or on typewriters and carried revolvers, Beaudoin.